BY JOHN HOUANIHAU
Bubupengu Tribal Landowners Conservation Association attended and completed a three-day workshop under the Solutions for Marine and Coastal Resilience in the Coral Triangle (SOMACORE) Project.
The Association’s technical and communication officer, Eppale Kulisuia, said that the workshop was held from December 4-6, 2025, at Haimabulu Village in Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal.
He told this paper on Tuesday this week that the Association has been partnering with World Wide Fund for Nature Solomon Islands (WWF-SI) since 2025, after signing the partnership agreement on June 4th 2025.
“After the signing of the partnership agreement, WWF-SI has facilitated a few workshops for the association in the past months. The recent workshop focused on CAPSI training under the SOMACORE Project, which is funded by the Government of Germany and implemented by WWFSI and other partner NGOs,” Kulisuia said.
He said that the training was facilitated by Slade Ririmae, WWF-SI Central Seascape Programme Manager, with assistance from Community Facilitator, Francis Qinna and WWFSI Project Officer, Mirram Sulu.
“We covered activities which I see as important, such as planning and vision engagement, allowing landowners to have further information and knowledge on how to plan their conservation sites when it comes to development,” he said.
Kulisuia also informed the WWF-SI that the association has already completed 75% steps and remains with 25% to become declared as a Protected Area (PA).
Ririmae, WWF-SI Central Seascape Programme Manager, said the WWF-SI will help them to complete the remaining steps to be declared as a PA next year.
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